Anchoring device



Patented June 5, 1928.,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN A. SMITH, OF MARSHALL, MISSOURI.

ANCHORIN G DEVICE.

Application led January This invention relates to anchoring devicesespecially adapted for holding the bottom portions of wire fences closeto the ground, an object being to provide a device for this purposewhich will successfully resist the efforts of hogs and other` `animalsand prevent them from passing beneath the fence.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an anchoring devicewhich is simple and durable in construction and which is` Figure 2 is anenlarged detail perspective view of the anchor. p

y Referring to the drawings in detail whereiii like characters ofreference denote corre sponding parts, the anchoras shown coin-` prisesa member 10 which is preferably formed of bendable metal and is splitlongitudinally as shown at 11 to provide spaced legs 12.

The outer or free ends of the legs are relatively offset and may bebeveled as at 13 so as to provide deflecting means When the anchor isdriven into the ground and cause the legs to be further separated. Thelegs may be also curved in the direction of their lengths to provide thedesired offset. In

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addition, the side edges of the legs may be beveled as shown trance intothe ground.

at 14- to facilitate their en- 'lhe anchor is placed across theloweiinost wire A of the fence and driven into the ground, thecurved oroffset character of the .legs causing the latter to separate in thedirection of the length of the wire A and securely holdv the anchor inposition. If de aired, the inner end of the slit l1 may be enlarged asshown wire A..

The invention at 15 to accommodate the is susceptible of various changesin its form, proportions and minor details of constru `in reserved to mctioiiand the right is hereake such changes as properly fall within thescope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is An anchoring device ofthe character dew scribed, comprising an elongated fiat plate splitlongitudina lly throughout the major portion of itsrlengtlr to lprovidea pair of legs, `and having a circular opening communicating with theinner end of the split, said legs and side edges of the plate beingbeveled, each leg being beveled longitudinally from a point in itslength toward the free end thereof, parallelism for a ksaid legs beingspaced in portion of their length, and

curved in a direction of their length through` out their remaininglength, whereby said legs are crossed at an appropriate point above thefree end thereof and adapted to spread outwardly asv the ground.

In testimony w anchor is driven into the hereof I afiix iny signature.

WARREN A. SMITH.

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